The following is from a post featured here on The Society Pages.
The photographs below, by photographer Peter Menzel, depict “statistically average” families in different countries. They pose with all of their belongings in front of their residence. The photos are an amazing example of the global distribution of “goods” in our contemporary world. I borrow them from the story on the project at NPR.
The Ukita family (Tokyo, Japan):
The Natomo family (Kouakourou, Mali; one husband, two wives, two households). The Natomo’s are grain traders and own a mango orchard:
Nalim and Namgay, subsistence farmers (Shingkhey, Bhutan):
Click here to view more images of people’s belongings in various places around the world.
